Thrust fault slip rates deduced from coupled geomorphic and tectonic models
of active faults and folds in the San Francisco Bay Area: Collaborative
Research with Arizona State University, and University of California,
Davis

We assume that the surface deformation caused by active earthquake faulting
is expressed in tectonic landscapes. Analysis of landforms can be used to
determine information about the location, geometry, and activity of the
causative faults. If these faults do not break the surface, they would go
undetected by standard evaluation methods. This research uses an
integrated approach of focused field observations and state-of-the-art
computer models of the actively deforming and degrading landscape to
provide new tools for the quantitative identification and characterization
of hazardous faults. We will apply this approach to evaluate active thrust
faults in the southern San Francisco Bay area.